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English with an Emphasis in Technical Communication, A.S.

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Graduation Plan

Department

Faculty

Careers

Requirements

UVU’s English program is designed to give students skill, confidence, and versatility
in writing, speaking, and interpreting texts. The program provides opportunities for
students to consider and practice the applications of effective language use in diverse
situations: professional, pragmatic, social, political, and aesthetic. The English
program emphasizes knowledge and use of standard English in all written work, yet
incorporates an understanding that English is a desirably diverse and variable phenomenon.
The courses of study in English are designed to familiarize students with much of
the traditional canon of literature. They are also designed to provide students with
the critical and ethical skills necessary to interrogate this canon, to incorporate
and legitimize their own and others’ “different” voices, not just in the academy,
but in any of the many situations in which language influences human activity.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific
plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied.
You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation
plan in
Wolverine Track.

Milestone courses (pre-requisites for a course in one of the subsequent semesters)
are marked in red and italicized.

Semester 1

Course Title

Credit Hours

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Writing

3

MAT 1030

Quantitative Reasoning

3

Fine Arts

3

American Institutions

3

Social/Behavioral Science

3

Semester total:

15

Notes: See Wolverine Track for a complete list of options which fulfills Fine Arts
distribution, American Institutions distribution, and Social/Behavioral Science distribution.

Semester 2

Course Title

Credit Hours

ENGL 2010 or
ENGL 2020

Intermediate Writing

3

PHIL 205G

Ethics & Values

3

Physical Science

3

ENGL 2050

Editing

3

General Elective

3

Semester total:

15

Notes: See Wolverine Track for a complete list of options which fulfills the Physical
Science distribution.

Semester 3

Course Title

Credit Hours

ENGL 2600

Critical Introduction to Literature

3

HLTH 1100 or PES 1097

Personal Health & Wellness or Fitness for Life

2

Biology

3

General Elective

4

ENGL 2030

Writing for Social Change

3

Semester total:

15

Notes: See Wolverine Track for a complete list of options which fulfills the Biology
distribution.

Semester 4

Course Title

Credit Hours

ENGL 2310

Technical Communication

3

ENGL 2250

Creative Process and Imaginative Writing

3

Tech Comm Elective

Technical Communication Elective

3

3rd Science

3

General Elective

3

Semester total:

15

Notes: See Wolverine Track for a complete list of options which fulfills the Technical
Communication elective area and the 3rd Science distribution.

Degree total:

60

Department

The Department of English and Literature at UVU provides an innovative and stimulating learning environment to help broaden cultural experiences, improve skills in written and verbal communication, deepen and refine abilities in critical thinking, and prepare students for graduate school and/or careers. By offering courses, programs, and activities in college-level writing, creative writing, literature, technical communication, and education, the department fosters an invigorating and diverse learning community that will enhance the way students envision themselves and their world.

Associate Professor

Careers

Careers:

Employers expect clear verbal and written communication, critical thinking and reading,
audience analysis, and persuasive presentations and research from their employees.
English and Literature students often work as teachers, analysts, critics, librarians,
creative writers, public relations specialists, lobbyists, copywriters, journalists,
editors, technical writers, and professors. Language used well is an important part
of websites, legislation, novels, document design, instruction manuals, screenplays,
advertising, news reporting, etc. Students in English at UVU are also well prepared
for graduate work in law, business, and education.